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but heroism also came to newtown. the s.w.a.t. team who went into that building actually saved lives. they saved hundreds of lives of students and staff in the school because the murderer took his own life when he knew they were entering. there's the heroism, of course, of the principal and teachers and others who ran towards the sound of gunfire. they ran toward danger to protect their children. children who were six and seven. their faces now on the front pages of newspapers. their stories inside. the heroism of the state troopers who had to confirm the identities of the victims for their families and stayed with those families throughout the weekend. the heroism of the community itself. newtown is indeed a quintessential new england town. certainly everybody knows everybody else. which is a good thing. but in a way also, a bad thing. because everyone's children knew the other children. at the vigil sunday night, two of the children that attend that school showed me the necklaces they made bev blue beads. and six stars for the a
but heroism also came to newtown. the s.w.a.t. team who went into that building actually saved lives. they saved hundreds of lives of students and staff in the school because the murderer took his own life when he knew they were entering. there's the heroism, of course, of the principal and teachers and others who ran towards the sound of gunfire. they ran toward danger to protect their children. children who were six and seven. their faces now on the front pages of newspapers. their stories...
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that is its closest outlet to newtown, where we are tonight. they also stopped selling modern sporting rifles at all stores nationwide. on walmart's website, you will find plenty of guns but not the type of bushmaster rifle that adam lanza used. the chain has taken down that web page. at least 10.8 million new guns were sold across america last year, though. as david mattingly shows, the shooting here in newtown has actually just in the past few days, you can already see this, it's stunning, accelerated gun sales. >> reporter: almost 1,000 miles away from newtown, connecticut, gun owners rush to buy more guns. why are you in here today? >> i was looking for a gun that i have wanted for a long time and just wanted to get it before possible changes. >> reporter: at this gun shop and firing range north of atlanta, already brisk holiday sales have suddenly bumped up even more. customers fearing future gun restrictions from congress are looking to buy now. >> me and my brother collect weapons and we have plenty of hand guns and shotguns and only one
that is its closest outlet to newtown, where we are tonight. they also stopped selling modern sporting rifles at all stores nationwide. on walmart's website, you will find plenty of guns but not the type of bushmaster rifle that adam lanza used. the chain has taken down that web page. at least 10.8 million new guns were sold across america last year, though. as david mattingly shows, the shooting here in newtown has actually just in the past few days, you can already see this, it's stunning,...
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students at sandy hook where the newtown. supplies and equipment from sandy hook are being moved to a neighboring school. the school is expected to remain closed for some time and rightfully so. in the wake of the connecticut school shootings president barack obama showed his support behind their renewal of the ban on assault weapons. he has actively supported senator feinstein's intend to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban. he said that president barack obama also wants to ban or limit to the sale of high capacity ammunition clips and closed the gun show loophole, the nra has broken its silence of the sandy hook massacre in a statement they said out of respect for families and as a matter of common decency... they plan to hold a news conference friday in washington. president preckwinkle saying that the board is standing by its assault rifle ban asking the state to do the same we have a band here in cook county which is under court challenge so we proceeded to defend the ban and we wou
students at sandy hook where the newtown. supplies and equipment from sandy hook are being moved to a neighboring school. the school is expected to remain closed for some time and rightfully so. in the wake of the connecticut school shootings president barack obama showed his support behind their renewal of the ban on assault weapons. he has actively supported senator feinstein's intend to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban. he said that president barack...
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newtown united. there is not necessarily people who have been politically active in the past or who have had any experience trying to change policies or get certain law enacted. but some members of newtown united headed to washington today. they took the day off from their jobs. they woke up at dawn. they drove to washington to go meet with members of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. newtown united, a group of people at the epicenter of national tragedy. one of the parents who traveled to washington today was lucky enough to have his child, who attends sandy hook elementary come home from that school on friday. but he said today that he is taking action now in the wake of the shootings because he does not think the next time it should just depend on luck. >> every time something like columbine, virginia tech were happening, i would avert my eyes, and i will still think that something will be done. but all those believes were shattered on friday. and now i think we all need to speak up. >>
newtown united. there is not necessarily people who have been politically active in the past or who have had any experience trying to change policies or get certain law enacted. but some members of newtown united headed to washington today. they took the day off from their jobs. they woke up at dawn. they drove to washington to go meet with members of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. newtown united, a group of people at the epicenter of national tragedy. one of the parents who...
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from newtown, we begin our coverage. >> she loved or go wales and horses. a beautiful girl, her parents said. 6-year-old jessica was buried. another victim in america. that terrible friday as parents waited to hear what happened in the school, their pastor was with them. >> one parent, one mother in desperation cried out "are there any survivors?" there was violence. there were officials looking at one another and then they said, no, there are no survivors. i do not know that i will ever forget the noise as people wept, wales, eelam -- wailed, yelled. it was horrible noise. suddenly, reality hit. there are no survivors. >> this horror has changed the mood in america, for now at least. there of been those who have demonstrated against guns, but not a manufacturer of the weapon used to murder the children is under pressure. it was advertised as a prop to masculinity now the company within 95% stake in the firm is selling out because of this watershed event. just outside town, there are four rows of empty shelves. they have taken the guns off the market out of
from newtown, we begin our coverage. >> she loved or go wales and horses. a beautiful girl, her parents said. 6-year-old jessica was buried. another victim in america. that terrible friday as parents waited to hear what happened in the school, their pastor was with them. >> one parent, one mother in desperation cried out "are there any survivors?" there was violence. there were officials looking at one another and then they said, no, there are no survivors. i do not know...
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and they use appalling crimes like newtown to push that agenda. in the months to come, talking points will take a very hard look at how the obama administration handles the public safety issue vis-a-vis guns as always, our analysis will be based on facts. that's a memo. now for the top story, how will the connecticut mass murder affect public policy? joining us from washington, fox news political analyst, charles krauthammer. all right, assault weapons number one. but this is going to run into party politics and i think both parties now noe it. so the american public very emotional now. that's going to die down a little bit. but the issue is very emotional and the democrats are going to come in and they're going to try to get as much hand gun legislation and assault rifle legislation as they can. is that the way you see? >> i think that's right. there are people who want to use this as a partisan, who scapegoat the nra to one over one side of the argument. i think one way to get around that is to too what joe lieberman suggested, appoint a commiss
and they use appalling crimes like newtown to push that agenda. in the months to come, talking points will take a very hard look at how the obama administration handles the public safety issue vis-a-vis guns as always, our analysis will be based on facts. that's a memo. now for the top story, how will the connecticut mass murder affect public policy? joining us from washington, fox news political analyst, charles krauthammer. all right, assault weapons number one. but this is going to run into...
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for some it was sandy hook elementary school in newtown. for jim and sarah brady, a day in 1981 changed everything when jim a stand behind the armed guards but was still struck by gun violence. that did change everything. every day in america, everything changes for hundreds more families. every year in america, 100,000 americans are shot, 30,000 of them fatally. there is so much we can do to prevent this carnage. 40% of gun sales take place without a background check. no questions asked. felons and domestic abusers can easily get guns. 74% of nra members support closing this hole. we need a sustained, thoughtful, national conversation about solutions to our gun violence epidemic. a conversation that is respectful of the second amendment, but cognizant of the risks posed to our families and neighborhoods, like in the cases you heard about today. none of these policies have anything to do with second amendment rights. this is the conversation the american public wants to have. those who own guns and those who do not, we are speaking out, bas
for some it was sandy hook elementary school in newtown. for jim and sarah brady, a day in 1981 changed everything when jim a stand behind the armed guards but was still struck by gun violence. that did change everything. every day in america, everything changes for hundreds more families. every year in america, 100,000 americans are shot, 30,000 of them fatally. there is so much we can do to prevent this carnage. 40% of gun sales take place without a background check. no questions asked....
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and then a discussion on the school shootings in newtown, connecticut. later, we will re-air gary locke on the relationship between the two countries, china and the united states. tomorrow morning, a form on the consumer credit report. and oversight of the credit reporting market. the that live at c-span3 at 10 eastern senator daniel inouyebie died yesterday at the age of 88. this is a little bit more than a half-hour. >> is he was a colleague but really a friend. he helped me so many times, helped me do my best here, my best has been with the help of him. as i mentioned briefly yesterday, he always had so much confidence in me. years ago, years ago when i was a senator struggling, like all senators here, he told me two decades ago that i would be running the senate someday. i never even contemplated, thought about that, desired that. things have worked out that he was right. senator inouye is one of the amerir inouye is one of the >> senator inouye, he is one of the finest men i have ever known. a real americano hero. my friend, who is on the floor, the
and then a discussion on the school shootings in newtown, connecticut. later, we will re-air gary locke on the relationship between the two countries, china and the united states. tomorrow morning, a form on the consumer credit report. and oversight of the credit reporting market. the that live at c-span3 at 10 eastern senator daniel inouyebie died yesterday at the age of 88. this is a little bit more than a half-hour. >> is he was a colleague but really a friend. he helped me so many...
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most of the newtown schools reopened yesterday. the sandy hook elementary school will be closed indefinitely. later today president obama announces a new effort to come up with policies to address gun violence. vice president biden, a long-time gun control advocate, will lead that effort. >>> meanwhile, the main owner of the gun maker that manufactured the rifle used in the newtown is promising to sell its stock in the company. sesh ber capitol management made its move. they threatened to pull out a $750 million investment. rebecca jarvis is here with wall street's reaction to the newtown shooting. rebecca, it is interesting to see the market's reaction to this. talk specifically about serber. this is the private equity group that had the investment in the gun maker. why did they make the decision? >> they made it because they were under pressure from one of the largest pension funds. they said we're pulling or $750 million investment if you don't pull out of it. the private equity firm is now selling it. you're seeing some of that
most of the newtown schools reopened yesterday. the sandy hook elementary school will be closed indefinitely. later today president obama announces a new effort to come up with policies to address gun violence. vice president biden, a long-time gun control advocate, will lead that effort. >>> meanwhile, the main owner of the gun maker that manufactured the rifle used in the newtown is promising to sell its stock in the company. sesh ber capitol management made its move. they threatened...
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it's the brew that blew in newtown, connecticut. is there something we can do? the fiscal cliff. the president now says we're so close it makes no sense to fail. let's see tonight how close is close and whether or not the grownups can bring this to a healthy conclusion. and back to benghazi. there are reports in the state department's being blamed here. didn't have the protection they asked for. did they keep asking enough? the report says no. but what if they had? would they have gotten the re-enforcements but the cia said they didn't want their cover blown? again, let's get serious. joining me now to talk about gun violence is martin o'malley and governor ed rendell. thank you for joining me. president obama spoke forcefully this afternoon about needing to take action on gun safety. let's listen. >> this time the words need to lead to action. we know this is a complex issue that stirs deeply help passions and political divides. we need to work making access to work on mental health care as easy as access to a gun. and any actions we must take must begin inside the home and insi
it's the brew that blew in newtown, connecticut. is there something we can do? the fiscal cliff. the president now says we're so close it makes no sense to fail. let's see tonight how close is close and whether or not the grownups can bring this to a healthy conclusion. and back to benghazi. there are reports in the state department's being blamed here. didn't have the protection they asked for. did they keep asking enough? the report says no. but what if they had? would they have gotten the...
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tonight there is word of a possible motive in the newtown massacre. a man who says he knew the shooter's family tells fox news.com that adam lanza was upset because his mother was planning to commit him to a psychiatric facility. we can't confirm that, but a senior law enforcement official does back it up. saying investigators are looking at whether lanza was angry over plans for his future mental health treatment. police say lanza shot and killed his mother friday morning before driving to that elementary school. there they say he murdered 20 children and six adults and then killed himself. we have team fox coverage. molly line on how kids are going back to school. first to rick leventhal with the latest on the investigation. police searched lanza's home for clues. one thing they reportedly did not find is of great interest. >> right. according to the hartford current, they found no prescription drugs in the home and no record that adam lanza was being treated for as bergers, autism or any mental illness. but investigators are said to be serving sear
tonight there is word of a possible motive in the newtown massacre. a man who says he knew the shooter's family tells fox news.com that adam lanza was upset because his mother was planning to commit him to a psychiatric facility. we can't confirm that, but a senior law enforcement official does back it up. saying investigators are looking at whether lanza was angry over plans for his future mental health treatment. police say lanza shot and killed his mother friday morning before driving to...
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all of this, of course, as newtown readies for a very somber christmas. we're live in connecticut. >>> breaking overnight, the official report on the attack that killed a u.s. ambassador. it slams the state department. and today, congress reacts. >>> wintry wallop. a paralyzing snowstorm ramping up right now. for some areas, it could be the
all of this, of course, as newtown readies for a very somber christmas. we're live in connecticut. >>> breaking overnight, the official report on the attack that killed a u.s. ambassador. it slams the state department. and today, congress reacts. >>> wintry wallop. a paralyzing snowstorm ramping up right now. for some areas, it could be the
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there they bought a home in newtown. my brother graduated from newtown high school. i would go to newtown for the holidays. i have driven past sandy hook elementary school, the place where 20 innocent children and six adults were killed by a madman. as a parent i cannot imagine the pain the families who lost a child are feeling. from my brief time in newtown, i saw a true community with strong people. they will go forward but they need our thoughts, our prayers and our love. may god bless them and help them find peace. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? without objection. mr. altmire: madam speaker, today the house will consider the medicare identity protection theft act and i urge my colleagues to support it. despite actions taken by this house and federal agencies, medicare identity theft continues to be a problem. medicare's own inspector general issued a report stating that more than a quarter million medicare beneficiaries are potential victims of i
there they bought a home in newtown. my brother graduated from newtown high school. i would go to newtown for the holidays. i have driven past sandy hook elementary school, the place where 20 innocent children and six adults were killed by a madman. as a parent i cannot imagine the pain the families who lost a child are feeling. from my brief time in newtown, i saw a true community with strong people. they will go forward but they need our thoughts, our prayers and our love. may god bless them...
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dick's sporting goods removed all guns for sale and display in the store closest to newtown co. wal-mart tells cnbc it has made no changes to its inventory the week of the tragedy though it has taken down an information page on one of the guns. sales have fallen since friday's tragedy. however, analysts i spoke to think the gun debate will benefit the retailers in the near term following election, fear of changing legislation causing a surge in demand in the month of november and the latest tragedy is expected to increase demand for guns pop. >> according to the fb i, the none of background checks have hit a record. that excludes the month of december. november saw nearly 400,000 more background checks than in october. i should note the fbi says one to one correlation cannot be made between a firearm background check and an actual firearm sale. but mandy, these are the numbers that the analysts use when they are trying to gauge firearm sales. >> thank you very much for that, courtney. >>> in the meantime we have heard he is off today as we were mentioning a moment ago, but he ki
dick's sporting goods removed all guns for sale and display in the store closest to newtown co. wal-mart tells cnbc it has made no changes to its inventory the week of the tragedy though it has taken down an information page on one of the guns. sales have fallen since friday's tragedy. however, analysts i spoke to think the gun debate will benefit the retailers in the near term following election, fear of changing legislation causing a surge in demand in the month of november and the latest...
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obama has skirted the issue of federal gun control last week's massacre at that elementary school in newtown connecticut claimed the lives of twenty innocent children ages between six and seven and also six staff members were killed in the gun control advocates say it's a shame so many lives have been lost before u.s. leaders finally got the ball rolling on legislation in real largest firearms maker in the u.s. also announced on tuesday that it's being put up for sale by its owner freedom group international is the maker of the bushmaster rifle the weapons thought to have been used in friday's connecticut massacre shares in publicly traded gun makers have been dropping for a third straight day there's also been reports of a large spike in gun sales in recent days because many believe that the federal government will in fact enforce stricter gun control well we'd like to know what you think could be done to reduce the number of deadly shootings in the u.s. you can logon to a website military dot com to take part in our latest polling there on screen we can see there's a time between those who
obama has skirted the issue of federal gun control last week's massacre at that elementary school in newtown connecticut claimed the lives of twenty innocent children ages between six and seven and also six staff members were killed in the gun control advocates say it's a shame so many lives have been lost before u.s. leaders finally got the ball rolling on legislation in real largest firearms maker in the u.s. also announced on tuesday that it's being put up for sale by its owner freedom group...
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thousand were shot just this last saturday alone one hundred ninety people in america were shot and in newtown connecticut twenty first graders are dead gunned down by an assault rifle borrowed from a gun mom. it's interesting and instructive to compare our national response to muslim religious extremist killers versus our response to largely white christian extremists killers at the end of two thousand and one a british islamic fundamentalist named richard reid tried to take down an american airlines flight headed to miami by igniting a bomb hidden in a chute he failed no one died but extreme measures were immediately put into place in airports around the nation forcing us to take off our shoes before we could board an airplane and more than a decade later we still had to take off our shoes at the airport and two thousand and six british police claim they foiled a terror plot aimed at ten transatlantic flights headed to the united states in which liquid explosives were to be used a lot never happened no one died but again extreme security measures were taken to ban all liquids and gels over t
thousand were shot just this last saturday alone one hundred ninety people in america were shot and in newtown connecticut twenty first graders are dead gunned down by an assault rifle borrowed from a gun mom. it's interesting and instructive to compare our national response to muslim religious extremist killers versus our response to largely white christian extremists killers at the end of two thousand and one a british islamic fundamentalist named richard reid tried to take down an american...
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the victims of newtown, connecticut, deserve nothing less. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont is recognized. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i know we have senators who talked about bringing amendments to the floor. i wish and i know the distinguished majority leader is trying to get a finite list and a time to vote on it. i would hope that can be done. i would hope the senators who have amendments will bring them up, debate them and vote them up or down so we can get on with this bill. if you're a person whose home has been devastated or your children's school has been destroyed in this storm, or your business is only a pile of rubble, they really find it pretty difficult to see whether it's the united states senate or the other body sitting around saying we may have amend
the victims of newtown, connecticut, deserve nothing less. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont is recognized. mr. leahy: mr. president, i ask consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, i know we have senators who talked about bringing...
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time, but in just one weekend a sadness has set in with the news of a massacre of innocent children in newtown, connecticut, followed by the loss of our wonderful colleague, senator danny inouye so i will leave this extraordinary institution and experience with a heavy heart for those who have been lost just in the last few days. i do want to thank the people of texas for asking me to represent them in washington. i want to thank the many people who have served on my staff for almost 20 years. i have to say i am touched that both benches on both sides of this room are filled with my staff members who have been so hardworking and so loyal and have produced so much in 20 years for our state and nation, and i thank them. i do want to thank my colleagues and all the people who work here -- senators, but also those who work behind the scenes to make our lives as good as they can be with the hard hours that we all have. those who keep our buildings safe and clean, who work in the libraries, the shops, the cafeterias, and who guide tens of thousands of tourists through our nation's beautiful capitol
time, but in just one weekend a sadness has set in with the news of a massacre of innocent children in newtown, connecticut, followed by the loss of our wonderful colleague, senator danny inouye so i will leave this extraordinary institution and experience with a heavy heart for those who have been lost just in the last few days. i do want to thank the people of texas for asking me to represent them in washington. i want to thank the many people who have served on my staff for almost 20 years....